-- As the demand for affordable, quick-to-deploy software applications continues among midsize organizations, Oracle today announced that partners around the world are delivering new Oracle Accelerate (
http://www.oracle.com/accelerate) solutions.

-- "By using the tools and industry-focus of Oracle Accelerate, we can improve our customers' time-to-value and enable a quicker ROI," said Jeff Copper, Managing Director -- JD Edwards Applications, Zanett. "With Oracle Accelerate, we've seen as much as 20-25 percent decrease in implementation time, which is a market differentiator for us in these economic times."

-- "Today more than ever, midsize companies needs solutions that they can quickly and cost effectively deploy with limited disruption to their business," said Michael Fauscette, Group Vice President, Software Business Solutions, IDC. "Oracle Accelerate solutions are often the right fit for midsize companies because they are based on affordable applications with critical industry functionality that can be delivered on a very short timeline -- usually within 3-6 months."